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Your Local Merchants Deserve Your Support Boost Valdese! yatch It Grow! 11 VALDESE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1949 No. 15 Merchants’ Association apects To Be Set Up In Offices By May 1st TICE SPACE i IS OBTAINEDI . Teanev of Morgantonj amed Secretary Of Val- \ dese Organization. ie Valdese Merchants Associ , should be functioning acti 'ov May 1. it was learned this c fr0m' Hall Williams, presi of the new organization. !, office secretary has been em ed and is now engaged in ving methods of procedure in diing the detailed work of a chants' association. The secre Mrs. C. L. Teaney, of Mor ion has had wide experience lie business world, and comes -recommended for the po rn lie office of the association will n the Butler building on Con j street, in the old quarters of ration board. ie merchants' association has re-fold program. Mr. Williams The five phases of the work ) it protects its members from | ■rant solicitors, thus promoting j e intelligent charity and pro )le advertising. This activity e saves a member more in a than the cost of his dues. ) It promotes cooperative e days and events to hold and lop business in the communi ) Through a confidential bul i to its members, it publishes notation on merchandising and it practices, also other infor ion of value to the member. :) It works with the State Mer ted organizations to protect its its’ Association and other af tbers from legislation which dicaps business, and for legi on destined to promote busi i) It furnishes to its members ig a credit business, reliable it reports on persons net only he trade area, but through af tions. on persons from practi ? every point in the United ,es. he merchants’ association is a ct service organization, Mr. iams stated, and this is service mization, he says, which brings ot only to the business con s which are members. For >any ter prosperity to the com ity, in serving the entire com ity. -DESE1EACHERS GET NEW PAY INCREASE was "pay day-’ in a big way . aldese teachers Monday when received their monthly oks- deluded in this payroll is 20 per cent increase voted by 1949 General Assembly. le pay checks included retro e pay °n the basis of three hs of annual salary. Thus, •acher employed on a nine hs baS1s received an increased active for six and three ths months. •dESE NEIHODISTS SET 'TER BAPTISMAL EVENT ^ a'dese Methodist ( bserve Easter with a 1 2* and the receiv members at its mornin tr \lce’ according to R minister o ■ Special music will be ( choir under the dh uss Lucile Williams Easter Program At Church Of God On Sunday An Easter program will be given at the Church of God Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock. The life of Christ will be drama tized in the following eight scenes: Jesus with Mary and Joseph, Jesus at 12 years of age, the pass over, Garden of Gethsemane, Je sus before Pilate, Jesus going up Golgotha’s hill, soldiers guarding tomb, and Mary Magdalene and Mary, mother of James, visiting the. tomb after the Resurrection. Mrs. Louise LeQuire and Mrs. Dolly Cobb are directing the drama. Rev. G. H. Grooms is pas tor of the church. PICK MEMBERS FOR VALDESE SCH00LB0ARD Laid Jacob New Member Of Local School Group For Next Two Years. The Burke county board of edu cation in its recent meeting named school committee members for the sixteen schools under its jurisdic tion, among them Valdese. For the next two yeai's, the following men will composed the Valdese board: A. Grill, Laird Jacob, L. P. Guigou, M. H. Rutherford and C. C. Long. Mr. Jacob is a newcomer to the board, succeeding Henry Grill. Otherwise, the board remains in tact. The board delayed naming a new chairman to replace C. P. Whisnant until the omnibus bill now in the process of clearing the General Assembly at Raleigh is officially made law. It is likely that the new chairman will be named at the next meeting. Harold Perry of Icard Township was named last month by the Democratic executive committee to succeed Mr. Whisnant who resign ed. GOOD FRIDAY SERVICES SET BY PRESBYTERIAN Good Friday services at the Waldensian Presbyterian church will begin at 12 noon and con tinue until 3 p. m., the hours that Christ suffered on the cross. The service will begin with the ringing of the followed by the chimes, and will continue for three hours. Each individual worshipper will be at liberty to come for any part of the service. He may enter the church at any time during the ser vice and feel free to leave at any time, it was stated by the minister, Rev. A. B. McClure. The service will be one of quiet meditation, music and scripture reading, very much as it was last year. HOPES FOR NEW POST OFFICE NOT TOO GOOD Recent Communication Gives Little Encouragement For Valdese Building. Valdese had cold water thrown on its hopes for a new post office last week by a letter from John K. Slear, secretary to Hamilton C. Jones, congressman from this district. The letter didn’t say that a new post office was an impossi bility, but on the other hand, it wasn’t axactly calculated to raise any hopes. Thus ran the latter: “Bills have been introduced proposing the erection of a new post office in each Congressional District. How ever, if this proposed legislation is finally enacted into law, it mere ly authorizes the Post Office De partment to look into the matter of buying sites and drawing plans and carries no money appropria tion. In fact, I do not believe there will be any money appro priated for Federal projects until there is unemployment throughout the nation that will justify the government’s again launching a federal building program as it did several years ago. “When a federal building pro gram is launched, if the policy fol lowed is the same as in the past federal building programs, the lo (Continued on page two) PILOTS NAME RUTH MARTIN TO HIGH POST Elected Lieut.-Governor For District Six Of Pilot * " International. Miss Ruth Martin of Valdese was elected lieutenant-governor of District 6 of Pilot Club Interna tional at the annual meeting in Raleigh at the Sir Walter Hotel last weekend. District 6 comprises 16 clubs in North Carolina. A charter member of the Pilot Club of Valdese, Miss Martin has held every office in the local club except that of treasurer and has served several times on the board of directors. She has on more than one occasion been a member of the district nominating committee and has serv.ed on other district com mittees from time to time. During the 10 years since the Valdese club was organized, Miss Martin has attended 11 district meetings and two international conventions. Presidents of all clubs in the dis trict were installed at a luncheon Saturday at 12:30. Mrs. T. L. Mc Carley is new president of the Val dese club. Official delegates from Valdese were Miss Martha Boyd and Mrs. A. T. Justice. Others attending were Mrs. Dick Ribet, Miss Ann Blevins, Miss Martin, and Mrs. McCarley. Dick Ribet and A. T. Justice accompanied the group to Raleigh. Included on the program of the convention were a school of in struction for incoming of officers and committee chairmen, the president’s luncheon, an informal reception at the Governor’s Man sion, on Saturday a breakfast, and a business session on Sunday morning. Additions To Rutherford College School Planned News from the county board of education office that construction would begin soon on four new classrooms and a lunchroom at Rutherford College school is be ing received jubilantly by residents and school leaders in that section. 'munity-Wide Pre-Easter Music Event Set For Thursday Night r community-wide K*. “U5ic Wos>-am spon be hddeJaMcSe Muslc CIub o'clock- T jU1Sday evening at ^■'ianchureiu WaWensian '5 2Ulai' reqU6St the laSfc only chaiSp1'! being rePeated, o-organ rft bemg in tlie first he soloists Mer’ and in one s- organfstMrS^George Wil_ !0’ Pianist tu^nnd Mlss Anita with 2l?U °Pen the pro lck. aiUs Angelicus” by ick. )Ua14 Jolwson wm take solo part which was sung last year | by Charles L. White, who is now in Charlotte. Miss Lucille Williams and Mrs. Sam Brinkley will sing the same numbers they had last year. The choirs of the Waldensian Presbyterian church, the Valdese Methodist church and the First Baptist church are uniting to give the program, which drew an over flow audience last year. Miss Lucile Williams directs the Methodist choir, Mrs. George Wil liams, the Presbyterian choir, and Miss Virginia Street, the Baptist choir. At present, more than 300 pupils are crowding into seven class rooms. With nine teachers and only seven rooms, one class has been meeting in the lunchroom and another on the stage of the auditorium. A class in remedial reading has been assembling on the stage while another has been meeting in the lunchroom which is a temporary frame structure lo cated behind the regular building. The average number of pupils meeting in the rooms at present is between 35 and 38, with one room having 41 pupils. The addition of four class rooms will do much to ward easing this problem. The boar okayed the architect’s plans and authorized officials to accept bids on the subject. Cost of the work is expected to be approxi mately $36,000. Principal of the Rutherfdrd College school is C. R. Stroupe who has held the post for the last five years. He expressed the hope that the construction would be finished by next fall. Valdese Stores To Be Closed Easter Monday Stores in Valdese will be closed Easter Monday in accordance with a custom of long standing. Most of the merchants contacted, includ ing the grocery store owners, said that they planned to close the Monday after Easter, and that they would follow the regular sch edule the rest of the week, closing as usual on Wednesday afternoon. LOUIS DEATON HEADS ROTARY FOR NEW YEAR j _ Valdese Rotarians Are Told Of Work For Deaf At Recent Meeting. Louis E. Deaton has been elected president of the Valdese Rotary club for the coming year. Other of ficers are Dick Ribet, who as president this year automatically steps down to vice-president; C. C. Long, secretary; and Louis Garrou, treasurer. The officers were first elected as directors, and then chosen by the directors to fill the various offices. Other members of the board of j directors are J. B. Rostan, Sr., i Frank Pascal, and Julius Ramsay, Jr. A. F. Garrou was the first presi dent of the club, having been elected in 1947 when the club was organized. x ucaudj a x i ugi itm A. H. Setzer had charge of the program at last week’s meeting. Ben Hoffmeyer, principal of the North Carolina School for the Deaf, Morganton, and Dr. Carl Rankin, superintendent of the school, told briefly of the history of work with deaf people, and then introduced two teachers who with children from their first and fourth grade classes, demonstrat ed the techniques of teaching deaf children. Under the Roman law, all deaf children were believed to be feeble minded, and so were denied civil rights. It was not until 1400 that any steps were taken to try to j teach deaf children. BOARD TO MEET AFTER TUESDAY _ ! Regular Meeting Not Held Monday Due To Called Meet Saturday. The Valdese town board did not hold its regular meeting on Mon day, April 4, having had a special meeting on Saturday, March 26, at which time the election of town officers was set for May 3. City Manager Lee pibet said that there was no business to take up at the time and the regular meeting was j scheduled, and so it was dispensed ] with. Another called meeting will be held this week, however, he said, after the sale of $100,000 worth of bonds on Tuesday. The bond is sue was authorized by voters at a bond election on February 1, and is for the purpose of doubling the! water filtering plant capacity to 1,000,000 gallons. The present filter plant capacity is 500,000 gallons. Boyd and Goforth Construction Company, Charlotte, was low bid der for the construction job. The firm entered a bid of $85,148, its offer being accepted over the bids of six other companies. Collecting Clothing For The Valleys The Waldensian Relief Commit tee is again collecting clothing of all kind for shipment to the Wal densian Valleys in Italy, it was an nounced this week by Mrs. Aldo Martinat, chairman of the com mittee. All people who have cloth ing they would like to contribute are asked to leave it at the Valdese | News office or call Mrs. Martinat i at Phone 119-R. I Numerous letters from the Wal denses in Italy have told how gratefully the gifts of clothing are received and how badly they are needed. Mrs. Martinat stated also that shoes are welcome, and asked that housewives please not throw out garments that could be used by the people in Italy. Most of the clothing shipped by the local com mittee is distributed in Italy by the j Waldensian pastors there. TWELVE MEN SEEK TOWN BOARD POSTS With One Exception All Of Present Members Are Seeking Reelection — All members of the present Val- 1 dese town board have filed for re election except Henry J. Garrou, alderman from Ward 3 who an nounced several weeks ago that he w'ould not be a candidate. Three members of the present board are unopposed thus far, but in Wards 3 and 5, a race has de veloped. With the name of Jay Spencer added to the list of candidates for mayor, the scrap has developed in to a triangular affair. Oscar M. | Harrison, incumbent, announced ! his candidancy several weeks ago ;as did A. A. (Trigger)Pons. Pons and Spencer are running for public offices for the first time. Here is the situation in each of the five wards at present: Ward 1—Earl B. Searcy, Sr., production manager of the Wal densian Baker, announced his plans this week to run again for the office he now holds. * Ward 2—Donald H. Martinat who is connected with the Mar (Continued on page two) B. A. BOWER OF RIDGECREST IS SUPPLY PASTOR Former Pastor At Gastonia To Serve In Valdese Until Pastor Is Obtained. The First Baptist church of Val- ! dese has called Dr. B. A. Bower of j Ridgecrest to serve as supply pas- , tor until a regular pastor is secur- | ed for the pulpit recently vacated by Rev. M. I. Harris. Rev. Mr. Harris has accepted the pastorate of Friendship Baptist church in Morganton. Dr. Bower, now retired, was formerly pastor of the First Bap tist church in Gastonia. He served as supply pastor of the Calvary Baptist church in Asheville re cently, while that church was without a minister. He preached at both morning and evening ser vices at the Valdese church Sun day. At the Sunday morning service a pulpit committee was named by the 'congregation, members of the committee being elected by written ballot. Each church member pre- | sent voted for five people from: among a group nominated by the I people. G. P. Hagaman was named as chairman of the committee. Other members are Glen Ramsey, Sr., Herman Epley, John Harris and William F. Pons. This committee is charged with the task of selecting a minister to j recommend to the church as new j pastor. COSTUME WARDROBE MAINTAINED AT SCHOOL A permanent costume wardrobe is being set up at the Valdese ele mentary school in order that cos tumes may be saved from year to year. Miss Lila Cox and Mrs. Mildred Shore are in charge of the ward robe, and have sorted out the wardrobes on hand, had them dry cleaned and moth proofed and are storing them in a cedar lined closet prepared by John L. John son, elementary school principal. In the collection now are the Christmas costumes used at the community Christmas program last year and the costumes worn by the children of Miss Cox’s room for the minuet. Miss Cox and Mrs. Shore stated that if anyone had any costumes they would like to contribute to the collection, they would be great ly appreciated by the school. BILLY BERRY REPORTS TO LANDING SHIP Billy R. Berry, seaman appren tice, USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Berry of Cline Street, Valdese, recently reported aboard the land ing ship USS 517 which has com pleted a cruise in the Caribbean Sea on Atlanta Fleet Exercises. Liberty and recreation was af forded the crew at Guadaloupe; St. Thomas, V. I.; Kingston, Ja maica; and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Berry entered the Navy service January 20, 1948. Housing For Teachers Is Termed Urgent Need Here Braces on her feet and arms didn’t keep Elizabeth Parker from enjoying her fourth birthday. In fact, she had the time of her life, with 150 guests at her party, all of them patients at the Warm Springs Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Naturally, they couldn’t all come at once. So Elizabeth entertained the children in the first part of the afternoon and then the adults came from 4 to 5:30 o’clock for tea and movies. Elizabeth is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Parker of Valdese. Easter Sunrise Services At Presbyterian Church At five o’clock Easter morning, while it is yet dark, many of the people of Valdese of all denomina tions and faiths will already be assembled in the Waldensian Pres byterian church for the annual sunrise Easter service which is coming to be one of the traditions of Valdese. With the ringing of the church bell, a 35-minute service in the church auditorium will begin. Music will be furnished by a chil dren’s choir from the various churches of the community under BAPTIST MINUTES GET BOARD'S HIGH RATING The minutes of the Catawba River Baptist Association, publish ed in booklet form, have received a rating of 103, out of a possible 110. Dr. Porter E. Routh, for merly head of the foreign mission board and editor of the “Commis sion”, foreign mission magazine of the Southern Baptist Conven tion, judged the minutes of asso ciates throughout the south. Rev. M. M. Summey, clerk of the association, who compiled the minutes from reports of the var ious churches, and edited the pub lication, received from Dr. Routh a Shaeffer fountain pen in recog nition of his work. the direction of Mrs. Harold La Fevers. Rev. M. W. Heckard, pas tor of the Methodist church, will preside at the service, and Rev. Bertis Fair, pastor of the Mt. Cal vary Baptist church, will bring the Easter message in the church. The children’s choir leading, a procession will then wend its way to the cemetery, where it will be met by the Valdese high school band under the direction of Robert H. Gourley playing Easter hymns. The service will be closed with the proclamation of Christ’s rising from the dead, read from the headstone, and with the singing of “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name.” EASTER EGG HUNT SET FOR E. VALDESE An Easter egg hunt for the chil dren of the East Valdese Baptist church, a mission of the Mt. Val vary Baptist church, will be held Thursday afternoon at 3:45 o’ clock. All children of the church an dthe community are invited. In case of rain, an indoor party will he held, and the egg hunt set for another day. Sunday school is held at the church at 9:45 a. m. and Training Union at 6:45 p. m. Preaching ser vices are at 11 a. m., and 8 p. m. Jerry Murray, Faye Branch Winners ! In Recitation Contest At Valdese Jerry Murray, son of Mr, and Mrs. Harlan Murray and Faye Branch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Branch, were winners in the annual recitation and decla mation contest held Monday and Tuesday of last week at the Val dese elementary school. Jerry, a fifth grader, in Mrs. L. E. Deaton’s room, had selected “Thou Shalt Not Steal” for his declamation, while Faye, a pupil in Miss Mary Harris’ sixth grade, had chosen the wistful “Scratch, the Newsboy’s Dog”. They competed with the win ners of other elementary schools in the county in the finals yester day (Tuesday) afternoon, the re sults cf which were too late for this issue. Judges also selected winners from the fourth, fifth grades, a boy and a girl, from the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. They were Jerry Murray and Elizabeth Moore, in the first group, andj Paye Branch and Alton Britt, Jr., in the second group. They will re ceive recognition at the commence ment exercises in June. These elec tions are made entirely apart from that for the county contest. Twenty-five children took part in the school finals, having been chosen by their classmates as eith er first or second winners for their rooms. Both first and s’econd place winners were allowed to ap pear in the finals in order to give more children the experience of speaking before a large audience, it was stated by Mrs. Deaton, chairman of the recitation and declamation committee. All the children in the finals will be entertained at a party in the near future. Judges were Mrs. Lacy Hall, Mrs. J. M. Chambers and Rev. A. B. McClure. Members of the com mittee in charge of the event were Mrs. Deaton, Mrs. Melissa Grill and Miss Harris. LIONS CLUB CITES NEED OF QUARTERS Sees Problem One For Entire Town To Assist In Early Solution. The Valdese Lions Club took cognizance Thursday night at its regular bi-monthly meeting of an outstanding need of the town of Valdese that of providing suitable living quarters for the teachers in the Valdese public schools. Going a step further, the club approved a motion to take action in the matter, and endeavor to get a committee of citizens appointed to work out a solution to the pro blem. The problem was deemed to be one large enough and import ant enough to merit consideration and aid from the entire town, ra ther and from all civic, as well as other organizations. The club went on record as fa voring a two-fold plan of action: (1) to take whatever measures are necessary to provide housing by the time school opens next fall and (2) to take a long range view of the matter and plan for the hous ing of teachers ten and fifteen years from now. At present, the club is planning to represent the problem to other organizations, to consult with the school boards and school princi pals, and to try to arrive at a pro per plan of procedure. In discussing the matter, mem bers of the Lions club agreed that the problem was not one for the school board and the school prin cipals to solve, but one for the en tire town to face, since the wel fare of the entire community is en dangered if Valdese cannot at tract qualified teachers because of its lack of housing facilities. But, club members agreed, they wanted to work with the school board in solving the problem, which they feel is of vital concern to all citizens who are interested in the growth of Valdese. Leaders of the town have noted for some time that the Valdese schools are sometimes having to accept teachers with less than “A” grade certificates who have homes in the community, in place of “A” grade teachers who might be will ing to come to Valdese if they could find suitable places to live. Furthermore, it was stated at the meeting, the town loses teachers each year for this reason, and in addition, imposes an unjust hard ship on those who are willing to stay. Since many of our teachers live in Morganton and other places, the community is losing the benefit of their participation in local activities. No definite solution to the pro blem was proposed, as it was felt that a study of the way the situ ation is handled in other places should be made before any definite recommendations were made by any person or group. A program of musical selections was given by the Valdese high school boys’ quartet, composed of Willis Lachot, Max Baker, Robert Herman and Max Baker. L. P. Gui gou had charge of the program. This Week In Valdese Thursday, April 14 3:30 p. m.—Girl Scout Troop 13 meets at the home of Miss Sue Searcy. 3:45 p. m.—Easter egg hunt at the East Valdese Baptist church. 7:15 p. m.—High Peak Council No. 355, Jr. O. U. A. M. meets in Junior Order Hall. 7:30 p. m. — Community Pre Easter Music Program at Walden sian Presbyterian church. 7:30 p. m. — Methodist Youth Fellowship sub-district meeting. —o— Friday, April 15 12 noon—Three hour Good Fri day service at the Waldensian * Presbyterian church. 7:30 p. m.—The Colonel John Alston chapter of the DAR will meet with Mrs. Gordon Johnson. 7:30 p. m.—The WSCS of Bol linger’s Chapel Methodist church (Continued on page' two)
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